Rare white- throated needletail killed by wind turbine
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Horrified birdwatchers see rare white-throated needletail fly into wind turbine
28 Jun 2013 08:22About 200 wildlife lovers gathered on Wednesday to see the needletail having heard about it through a website
Sad: The stricken white-throated needletail
Hundreds of twitchers travelled the length of the country to see the “bird of the century” – only for it to fly into a wind turbine and die.
Bird-spotters were ecstatic about the first UK sighting of the rare white-throated needletail since 1991.
But their excitement soon turned to horror when it hit the 120ft structure’s rotating blades.
James Hanlon and three pals drove 17 hours through the night to see the black and white swift on the Isle of Harris, one of Scotland’s Western Isles.
He said: “I was watching it through my binoculars from about 200 metres away.
“One minute it was flying in spectacular fashion. I followed it and then watched as it flew into one of the blades of the wind turbine and vanished
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Comment by Martha thacker on July 1, 2013 at 9:48pm
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"money talks in Washington."
And Augusta..
Why else would thugs who add in the cost of possible lawsuits from killing birds in their SEC report all the while crying to the masses of jobs and protect the environment be allowed to continue their destructive path. That wasn't a good sentence, but you get my gist. AND allow First Wind to hire their own scientists to print out their propaganda..and their people to do the dead bird counts. Maine lawmakers could care less.
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Comment by Hart Daley on July 1, 2013 at 9:35pm
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And what will be done? Absolutely nothing. People are crying to rip up dams to save migrating fish yet no one seems to care that wind turbines kill thousands of protected bird species every year. Eagles, hawks, vultures, falcons, and the list goes on and on....but I guess these birds are just collateral damage...money talks in Washington.
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First Wind 2010 SEC report under risk factors
" If we fail to comply with our permits, we may be required to pay fines or curtail production at our facilities. Violations of environmental laws in certain jurisdictions, including with respect to certain violations of laws protecting migratory birds and endangered species, may also result in criminal penalties."
Built in costs of doing business.
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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